MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-100.9 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -100.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 60 1 950 501 SFC 903 946 27.6 9.1 31 18.5 15.9 176 16 309.7 311.2 292.9 334.5 8.08 3 900 973 26.5 9.0 33 17.5 15.5 178 18 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.4 8.05 4 850 1473 21.3 8.0 42 13.4 13.1 185 23 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.7 7.93 5 800 1993 16.4 6.9 53 9.5 10.7 193 25 308.6 310.1 292.4 332.6 7.84 6 750 2538 11.5 5.6 67 5.9 8.0 200 26 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.3 7.61 7 700 3112 8.1 2.6 68 5.5 5.0 220 29 311.4 312.7 292.2 331.9 6.59 8 650 3719 3.5 -0.5 75 4.1 1.4 234 30 312.9 314.0 291.9 330.7 5.67 9 600 4363 -1.8 -4.8 80 3.0 -3.2 234 33 314.1 314.9 291.2 328.3 4.47 10 550 5049 -6.9 -12.5 64 5.6 -9.0 233 41 315.9 316.4 290.2 324.6 2.66 11 500 5786 -12.0 -20.4 50 8.4 -14.5 231 45 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.5 1.51 12 450 6583 -17.6 -26.5 46 8.8 -19.7 233 46 321.1 321.3 290.1 324.5 0.98 13 400 7453 -24.0 -33.0 43 9.0 -25.5 239 50 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.0 0.60 14 350 8412 -31.9 -32.7 92 0.9 -32.0 241 58 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.3 0.70 15 300 9485 -39.4 -39.6 98 0.2 -39.5 243 68 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.3 0.41 16 250 10705 -49.7 -49.7 100 0.0 -49.7 248 76 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 17 200 12127 -59.9 -61.4 82 1.6 -59.9 246 75 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 18 150 13922 -61.0 -77.8 9 16.8 -61.2 254 62 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16411 -66.3 -83.6 7 17.3 -66.4 261 40 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.76 m Freezing level: 616.79 mb = 4146.94 m = 13605.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.04 mb = 3906.54 m = 12816.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.59 mb = 3246.36 m = 10650.66 ft T: 7.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.30 mb = 3615.19 m = 11860.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.36 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 35.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 438.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.04 mb = 3158.14 m = 10361.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.04 mb = 4216.44 m = 13833.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.04 mb = 10937.38 m = 35883.37 ft B at Equ Level: 432.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.04 mb = 13102.87 m = 42987.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 144.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 6.11 Bulk Shear: 71.68 m/s